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Friday, March 21, 2014

Good Riddance!

Well, there was some positive news this week. Hate-monger Fred Phelps, founder of Westboro Baptist "church", died yesterday. You might recall WBC as the outfit that tries to ruin the funerals/memorials of military folks and others whom they believe to be supporting The Homosexual States of America. The twittersphere was aglow with excellent responses. Like this one from Danny Zuker: "Dude, seriously. What the fuck?" said God to Fred Phelps before opening a trap door to hell.

And this spot-on remark from Trevor S:Please respect the privacy of the Phelps family as they take time away from tormenting grieving families.

Karma's a bitch, my friends. Yes, indeed. Sooner or later, we reap what we sow.

“In the councils of government we must guard against
the acquisition of power, whether sought or unsought,
by the military industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties and democratic processes.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower
from his final address to the nation
January 17, 1961

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
--Thomas Jefferson